Ah, I totally forgot that I read how to read a book so long ago, but thats how I decide, mostly... however - "How to read a book" left out that absolute quintessential lesson on how to read a book: "Pick up the damn book and actually read it".
For me selecting what to read though, is I was a voracious reader of non fiction when I was younger - but as I have aged, non-fiction seems like too much of a time sink (even though it is not), I find that when I am reading non fiction, instead of my mind engorged in the book with my imagination running all sorts of parallel scenarios, or sending me off into a daydreaming side topic...
I find that I begin to let the real world intrude, which is to me, is a function of my stress level.
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Ah, I totally forgot that I read how to read a book so long ago, but thats how I decide, mostly... however - "How to read a book" left out that absolute quintessential lesson on how to read a book: "Pick up the damn book and actually read it".
For me selecting what to read though, is I was a voracious reader of non fiction when I was younger - but as I have aged, non-fiction seems like too much of a time sink (even though it is not), I find that when I am reading non fiction, instead of my mind engorged in the book with my imagination running all sorts of parallel scenarios, or sending me off into a daydreaming side topic...
I find that I begin to let the real world intrude, which is to me, is a function of my stress level.